I don't think that matters.
Of course I now need reading glasses, but the more light the better (blue eyes) if I'm reading or need to see anything small. I much prefer reading by halogens than any other light source. Other than fine work and reading, I prefer it to be rather dark. We rarely have lights on in the house.
Then you're farsighted.
If you need "reading" glasses, here's a trick. Get your eyes examined by a professional and get a script for magnifying contact lenses (a "+" value).
Wear only one.
Sorry, I'm an expert on myopia going on 60 years. I wear concave not convex lenses. My lenses move the point of focus back so the light will focus on my retinas. I'm -9 in one eye and -6.5 in the other. I am nearsighted. Presbyopia started bothering me around age 50 and I often take my glasses off in order to see very close up.
TDD
I've got a set of milder lenses, in the van for when I'm doing bench work.
That sounds like my computer glasses. A weaker prescription for watching my computer screen.
TDD
Have you looked into LASIK or even implantable lenses? I was around -8 in both eyes and wore glasses since 2nd grade. At 51, I had LASIK done. I laid on the table and in 5 minutes was told to sit up. There was no pain or sensation at all. The next morning, I was 20-25 in both eyes and that improved to 20-15 within a month. It was almost like a miracle.
Later, cataracts came along and it was back under the knife, so to speak. Again, the morning after the surgery, the implanted lenses had taken me back to 20-25 and again by the end of a month, I was
20-20 and could read menus in dim light again.Nonny
Only -9? I'm -11.75 in one eye and not much better in the other. I've been wearing hard contacts for 40+ years -- during which time I've lost three. And for the past few years I've needed reading and computer glasses (two different pairs) as well. "Fortunately" (??) I may need cataract surgery within the next few years, so they'll be able to fix the distance vision and maybe even (with "adaptive" or "multi-focal" lenses) the presbyopia as well.
Perce
Lasik certainly isn't for everyone. I can see distances fine (don't understand where the astigmatism came from recently, though), but need glasses (bifocals) for close work. Basically, Lasik would trade my distance vision for short distances. Not a good trade.
BTW, I didn't start wearing cheaters until I was almost 55 and within six months I had bifocals. That was three years ago.
They are good at that stuff.
I got my first pair of glasses when I started first grade and when the optician slipped my eyeglasses on for the first time, I exclaimed, "So that's where all the noise is coming from!"
TDD
I got my first contacts when I was in college 40 years ago and of course they where the hard plastic. I loved it when I got soft contacts and the level of comfort was so much better but I haven't worn contacts for years because I can't wear them when I'm working due to all the crap that can get into my eyes.
TDD
About 25 years ago I asked my ophthalmologist about switching to soft lenses. He said, "If you can wear hard lenses, don't switch."
Perce
I remember reading about hard scleral contact lenses that were designed to reshape the cornea to correct vision. Nowadays scleral lenses have been developed for all sorts of treatments of eye problems but I think what I read about back then was concerning the use of the lenses instead of surgery to correct a misshaped cornea. There is all sorts of information on the Internet about the amazing work being done with that type of lens now.
TDD
"The Daring Dufas" wrote in message news:i16fse$kj4$ snipped-for-privacy@news.eternal-september.org...
Having worn hard contacts from age 22 until well over 50, I had to resort to glasses for a number of months before LASIK surgery. The reason was just what you are saying: my corneas had reshaped to the inside curve of the hard lenses. Over the 4-5 months, as I recall, waiting, my eyes were tested monthly and it was only when there was no month-to-month change did they proceed with the LASIK. He said my time waiting was unusual and that normally it was less. With soft contacts, even toric ones, it's just a couple weeks as I recall.
Nonny
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